Description
This book comprises a selection of articles from the 13th World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCIST 25), held from April 15 to 17, 2025, at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil.
WorldCIST is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss recent results and innovations, current trends, professional experiences, and the challenges of modern research in Information Systems and Technologies, along with their technological developments and applications.
The main and distinctive topics covered include:
A) Information and Knowledge Management
B) Organizational Models and Information Systems
C) Software and Systems Modeling
D) Software Systems, Architectures, Applications, and Tools
E) Multimedia Systems and Applications
F) Computer Networks, Mobility, and Pervasive Systems
G) Intelligent and Decision Support Systems
H) Big Data Analytics and Applications
I) Human Computer Interaction
J) Ethics, Computers, and Security
K) Health Informatics
L) Information Technologies in Education
M) Information Technologies in Radiocommunications
N) Technologies for Biomedical Applications
The primary target audience for this book is postgraduate students and researchers in the field of Information Systems and Technologies. The secondary audience includes undergraduate students and professionals in the same field.
Organizational Models and Information Systems.- Seamless Integration of ABC Unified Communications with Microsoft Teams.- Artificial Intelligence and Social Commerce.- The Impact of the Electronic Platform Work Model on the Informalisation of Work: the Experience of E-Hailing Drivers in South Africa.- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Communication Systems in Military Operations: A Comprehensive Literature Review.- The Impact of Gamification on Critical Thinking Skills: University of Technology Case Study.- Online shopping Using Digital Platforms: Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.- The Use of Observational Research in the Digitalisation of the Automotive Industry: An In-Depth Analysis.- Validation of a Lightweight Usability and Accessibility Evaluation Method in A Small Software Development Company.- Integrative Methodology for Threat Detection and Prevention Using Cyber Threat Intelligence and SIEM.- If you Have Situational Awareness, Then Where Would You Put it in an Ethical Decision-making Model?.- The Jus Programming Language: Towards a Functional Language for Secure and Verifiable Smart Contracts on Tezos.
Álvaro Rocha is a Professor of Information Systems at ISEG University of Lisbon, Honorary Professor at Amity University, and researcher at ADVANCE and CINTESIS. He holds Habilitation in Information Science, a Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, an M.Sc. in Information Management, and a B.Sc. in Computer Science. His research interests include maturity models, management and intelligent information systems, quality, cybersecurity, e-government, e-health, and IT in education. He is Vice-Chair of the IEEE Portugal SMC Society Chapter and serves as Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the World Journal of Information Systems and RISTI Revista Ibérica de Sistemas e Tecnologias de Informação. He is also the Scientific Manager of the Information Systems Engineering & Management book series at Springer-Nature. His expertise has been recognized through advisory roles for the European Commission (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe), COST, and national science agencies in Italy, Latvia, Mexico, Poland, Cyprus, and Slovakia. He is ranked among the World s Top 1% Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier, the World s Top 0.05% by ScholarGPS, and the World s Top 1% by ResearchGate in the Information Systems field.
Hojjat Adeli received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1976 at the age of 26. He is currently an Academy Professor at The Ohio State University where he held the Abba G. Lichtenstein Professorship for ten years. He has authored 650 research and scientific publications in various fields of computer science, engineering, applied mathematics, and medicine, including 16 ground-breaking high-technology books, and holds a United States patent in the area of design optimization. He is the recipient of 82 awards and honors including eight Honorary Doctorates and several Honorary Professorships. In 2010, he was profiled as an Engineering Legend in the ASCE journal of Leadership and Management in Engineering. He is a member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, a corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of Academia Europaea, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Science, a Distinguished Member of ASCE, and a Fellow of AAAS, IEEE, AIMBE, and American Neurological Association. He is a Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher in three categories of Computer Science, Engineering, and Cross Field.
Aneta Poniszewska-Maranda has been with the Institute of Information Technology, Lodz University of Technology, Poland, since 1998. She is currently a University Professor. She is the Head of the Software Engineering and Security of Information Systems Research Group. She has published more than 180 research papers in journals, conference proceedings, and books. Her research interests include software engineering, information system security, multi-agent systems, cloud computing, Internet of Things, blockchain, data analysis, machine learning, LLMs and distributed systems. She is a member of IEEE, ACM, AIS, and INSTICC. She is a reviewer of more than 50 research international
